Manitoba Progressive Conservatives say they will reintroduce private liquor sales legislation if they get re-elected on Oct. 3.
Kevin Klein, the PC candidate for Kirkfield Park, promised on Sunday to revive plans to allow alcohol to be sold in a wider variety of places, including privately-owned retail stores.
Inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic have eroded the effectiveness of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland, a new report from the University of Sheffield has found.
OXFORD, United Kingdom -- People may soon be able to turn to their phones for help if they want to drink less. International researchers have found that college students can significantly reduce their alcohol consumption by using a specially-designed smartphone app that monitors their drinking.
Relaxed licensing regulations that allow pubs, restaurants and bars to sell takeaway pints without red tape holding them back have been extended.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Luckin Coffee said on Tuesday that it sold more than 5.42 million cups of the alcohol-infused latte it rolled out with Kweichow Moutai on the first day of its launch, setting a new sales record for the Chinese coffee chain.
At this month's licensing board meeting, Police Scotland raised concerns over "current trends" which showed online apps can be used by children to buy vapes and other age-restricted products.
Compounding an already challenging season, the devastating impacts of climate change are being felt throughout the Okanagan, Similkameen and Shuswap regions once again with active wildfire situations evolving throughout these regions.
According to The Sun, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stepped in to allow pubs in England and Wales to continue with off-sales, so customers can enjoy pints in plastic containers away from the licensed premise, and without asking for council permission.
First set out by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when he was chancellor in 2021, the overhaul of the alcohol duty regime, which kicked in on Monday, aims to encourage drinkers to cut back by taxing all alcohol based on its strength, rather than the previous categories of wine, beer, spirits, and ciders.
Nordic countries have a long history of alcohol consumption, complex challenges with heavy episodic drinking practices, and a reputation of implementing some of the strongest regulations to reduce alcohol-related harms.
Today, alcohol drinking levels in the Nordic countries, including Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are among the lowest in the European Union.
